Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Understanding the Basics of Flight Aerodynamics 101 Flying a small plane revolves around understanding four key forces: lift, thrust, drag, and weight. Lift is generated by the wings as air flows over them, counteracting weight, which pulls the plane downward due to gravity.

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Weather Pilot Drag Rudder 52

Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

What do you think happens to the air when an aircraft flies by? The exhaust coming out of aircraft engines looks pretty dangerous, generating huge amounts of thrust and pushing back tons of hot air. By far the strongest component of wake turbulence is the swirling air generated at the tips of the aircrafts wings.

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Turbulence Lift Drag Runway 97

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Also, none of the online Air Traffic Control (ATC) networks (like VATSIM ) work with the Xbox. Throttles/Thrust Levers According to Navigraph’s 2023 survey, throttle quadrants are the number one add-on peripheral. Yes, some joysticks have built-in throttle controls.

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Rudder Crosswind Pilot Air Traffic Control 96

Fear of Landing

MARCH 7, 2025

The loss of thrust and electrical power meant they were now gliding. Air Traffic Controllers at New Orleans who saw them disappear from radar thought they had crashed, and were greatly relieved when the APU started up and First Officer Lpez contacted them with a mayday call. The electrics and instruments failed.

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Flight Deck Pilot Air Traffic Control Weather 52

Pilot's Life Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2024

These include aerodynamics, flight theory , navigation, meteorology, air law, and aircraft systems. Aerodynamics and Flight Theory : Youll learn the basic principles behind flight, including the four forces: lift, thrust, drag, and weight. Air Law : Knowing the rules of the sky is essential for every pilot.

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Pilot Air Traffic Control Weather Flight Plan 52

Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Most aircraft have an advanced flight management system that oversees critical systems in a multi-function display, including: Fuel usage Hydraulic control Electric motors The pilot will maintain these key parts of an airplane through various controls and large LCD screens inside the cockpit. The engine creates thrust by burning fuel.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift 52

Pilot's Life Blog

JULY 10, 2024

Among these tech tools are Air Traffic Controllers who provide ATC clearance as the pilot approaches the landing area. The pilot maneuvers the plane with a 7% thrust paving the way for a 30-knot speed. Still, the pilot must know how to read signs and markings so they know where to land and where to taxi afterward.

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Clearance Runway Air Traffic Control Pilot 52

Pilot Job Central

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

A significant amount of thrust generated by the engine comes from the fan rather than the core. Turbine airplanes operate at complex airports with heavy traffic, they fly multi-segmented departure and arrival procedures that include altitude and airspeed restrictions. This is the common ‘jet’ engine in use today.

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Pilot Airplanes Weather Air Traffic Control 52

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

Haynes took the controls and, noting the same control issues, reduced thrust on the number one engine, which resulted in the aircraft rolling out in a wings-level attitude, giving the crew critical time to evaluate the dire situation Flight 232 was facing.

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Runway Horizontal Stabilizer Airline Airlines 301

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The reference for take-off in the Flight Management System showed: Flaps 5° Thrust 56° V 1 : 145 kt V R : 149 kt V 2 : 156 kt V-speeds are used to define the relative speeds which are important to the operation of the aircraft. The air traffic controller asked them to move their holding pattern further to the west.

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Tail V Speed Knot Runway 97

Air Facts

JUNE 12, 2024

After take off, the air traffic controller seemed to know our special purpose when he gave us a non standard heading to fly and canceled our usual immediate climb requirement. We reduced our thrust to cruise down the beach and past Diamond Head at 1,500 feet. Our flight number was 346, Joe ‘s employee number.

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Air Traffic Control Descent Runway Thrust 98

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Glide control and approach management are life-saving without engine thrust. When your aircraft loses thrust, youll have to glide it safely to the ground using only aerodynamic control. When the engine is running, the propeller is in motion, actively generating thrust. What Is a Deadstick Landing?

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Pilot Descent Approach Thrust 59

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Air traffic controllers saw sparks coming from the plane. Compounding this was an inadvertent retraction of the thrust reversers. The aircraft was a two-year-old Learjet 60 with only 108 flight hours on the aircraft.

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Runway Knot Thrust Air Traffic Control 237

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

If dangerous wind shear is detected, the LLWAS will display the hazard to air traffic controllers (ATCs), who will relay the warning to all pilots at the relevant frequencies. Calm down and follow these steps: Apply maximum thrust immediately. What do you do? Your top priority is to regain and maintain airspeed.

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Wind Shear Weather Descent Approach 66

Jetwhine

JULY 1, 2024

“After a few seconds, without any indication the airplane would take off, the captain called for and performed an aborted takeoff by reducing the engines to idle, deploying the thrust reversers, and applying the brakes. The airplane subsequently departed the end of the runway into the snow.

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Flight Plan Knot Runway Airplanes 104

Fear of Landing

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The controller anticipated a late landing clearance due to this aircraft in front. At night the relationship between airliner and air traffic control changes because less can be seen in the dark, rather like low cloud or fog, but not as serious. It doesn’t take long.

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Runway Air Traffic Control Approach Weather 104

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

This configuration provides the necessary power for both climb and cruise, while also offering valuable training for managing asymmetric thrust in the event of an engine-out situation. Clear communication with air traffic control (ATC) is essential at this stage to receive landing clearance and avoid conflicts with other aircraft.

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Descent Final Approach Approach Runway 52